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Author Archives: Athene Donald
Equality, Chattels and Judgement
‘What was called spirit and wit in him, was cruelly repressed in me’. It is interesting to try to date this quote from a female character in a novel, because the sentiment (if not the phrasing) could still be written … Continue reading
Freshers’ Fears
Freshers are pouring in to their new universities, finding their way around strange cities, unfamiliar halls of residence, learning the vocabulary of their new alma mater, drinking endless amounts of coffee/tea/beer/wine/shots as they attempt to work out who will be … Continue reading
Parliamentary Debacle?
This past week I have learned some things about our Parliamentary democracy I have never previously known I needed to know. I also got decidedly cross. It started with a tweet, a tweet from the Parliamentary Science and Technology Committee … Continue reading
Posted in Science Funding, Women in Science
Tagged Jo Johnson, Science and Technology Select Committee, Vicky Ford
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Marital High Jinks and Academia
I am quite sure I have never previously had occasion to write the name Wayne Rooney in any situation, but he does seem relevant to the topic of gendered sentences. Hadley Freeman wrote a withering piece last week about how … Continue reading
Posted in Equality, Science Culture
Tagged feisty, Hadley Freeman, letters of reference, Wayne Rooney
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The Summer is Over
I have recently returned (so yes, I feel the summer is over) from a few days holiday in places far less flat than Cambridge which provided enough time to sink into the unusual bliss of uninterrupted reading. So, rather than … Continue reading
Posted in biography, Book Review, Science Culture
Tagged Jan Henrik Schön, migraine, Robert McCrum, William Armstrong
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